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Publication Date: 2014-Nov
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A Storyville Education: Spatial Practices and the Learned Sex Trade in the City That Care Forgot
Platt, R. Eric; Hill, Lilian H.
Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, v64 n4 p285-305 Nov 2014
Storyville, the legalized red-light district of New Orleans (1897-1917), was a designated space containing informal opportunities for learning in which its residents practiced the sex trade. Although Storyville was created to regulate prostitution, prostitutes and madams learned the city's legal system, politics, and economics to survive in a socially constructed space. Using primary and secondary sources and informed by theory, including informal learning, spatial production, and critical and feminist geography, this study explores the adult learning that took place in Storyville.
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Informal Education, Critical Theory, Geography, Feminism, Social History, Sexuality, Human Geography, Observational Learning, Motivation, Expertise, Social Class, Language, Crime, Females
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Adult Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Louisiana
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